incite
verb /ɪnˈsaɪt/
/ɪnˈsaɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they incite | /ɪnˈsaɪt/ /ɪnˈsaɪt/ |
| he / she / it incites | /ɪnˈsaɪts/ /ɪnˈsaɪts/ |
| past simple incited | /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle incited | /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inciting | /ɪnˈsaɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsaɪtɪŋ/ |
- to encourage somebody to do something violent, illegal or unpleasant, especially by making them angry or excited
煽动；鼓动 - incite something to incite crime/racial hatred/violence
教唆犯罪；煽动种族仇恨／暴力 - incite somebody (to something) They were accused of inciting the crowd to violence.
他们被控煽动群众暴乱。 - incite somebody to do something He incited the workforce to come out on strike.
他煽动工人罢工。
- The governor blamed foreign groups for inciting the violence.
州长指责外国团体煽动暴力。 - There is legislation to ban material that incites racial hatred.
法律明令禁止散播煽动种族仇恨的资料。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deliberately
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词源late 15th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as incitation): from French inciter, from Latin incitare, from in- ‘towards’ + citare ‘rouse’. - incite something to incite crime/racial hatred/violence